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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 


OF THE 


YOMG MEFS ASSOCIATION i 

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OF THE 

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1 CITY OF TROY. 

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TROY, N. Y.: 


DAILY TRESS STEAM PRI5s^TI>s"G ESTABLISHMENT, 1 
1 208 and 210 River St. ' 

1869. 



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CHARTER, 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION 



OF THE 



CITY OF TROY 



TRaV, ¥. Y.: 

DAILY PRESS STEAM FEINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 

208 and 210 River St. 

1869. 



"TIT, a 



ACT OF INCORPOMTION. 



AN ACT 



To incorporate the Troy Young Men's Association. 

Passed April 20, 1835. 

The People of the State of New Yorh, represented in the Senate and 
do enact as follows : 



§ 1. The members of the Young Men's Association for mutual im- Corpora- 
provement, in the city of Troy, and all persons who shall hereafter Created. 
be associated with them, are hereby created a body corporate by the 
name of "The Troy Young Men's Association," for the purpose of 
estabhshing and maintaining a library, readmg-rooms, literary and 
scientific lectures, and other means of promoting moral and intellec- 
tual improvement, with power for such purposes to take by purchase, 
devise or otherwise, and to hold, transfer and convey, real and per- 
sonal property, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars ; and also, 
further to take, hold and convey, all such books, cabinets, hbrary, 
furniture and apparatus, as may be necessary for attaining the objects 
and carrying into effect the purposes of the said corporation. 

§ 2. The control and disposal of the funds, property and estate. Executive 
and the direction and management of the concerns of the said corpora- 
tion shall be vested in an executive committee, to consist of the presi- 
dent, the first, second and third vice-presidents, the corresponding 
secretary, the recording secretary, the treasurer, and ten managers of 
the said corporation ; who shall be elected annually to their respective 
offices, by such of the members of the said association as are now or 
may be entitled by the constitution thereof, to vote at such election. 

§ 3. In addition to the officers mentioned in the second section of Debatino- 
this act, the several officers of the debating society now organized by ^°"^ty- 
the said association shall, so long as the said corporation shall see fit 
to continue the said debating society as a department thereof, and no 
longer, be ex-officio members of the said executive committee, with 
the like powers, privileges and duties, as the other members thereof. 



4 Young Men's Association. 

Prcpontom- § 4. The several ofticers of the said association, at the time of the 
passage of this act, shall continue to hold their respective offices as 
officers of the corporation hereby created, until the next annual elec- 
tion ; and all personal property, or funds, or securities now held by 
the said officers, or either or any of them, or any other person or 
persons in trust for the said association, or for the use or benefit of the 
same, including choses in action, which, by the terms thereof, are pay- 
able to either or any of the said officers, or to any other person or 
persons in trust for the said association, shall, by virtue of this act, 
vest in and become the property of, and may be sued for and recov- 
ered in the name of the corporation hereby created. And the said 
corporation shall assume and be liable for all contracts, agreements 
and responsibilities, which have been entered into or incurred previous 
to the passage of this act, by the officers of the said association, or any 
of them, lawfully acting in behalf of the said association. 

Election. g 5^ The annual election for officers of the said corporation shall be 

held on the third Monday of February in each year ; notice of which 
shall be published in two of the newspapers of the city of Troy, at 
least fourteen days previous to such election, or on such other day as 
the said corporation, in and by its constitution, may appoint. 

A?ent8 and g q 'pj^g executive committee shall have power to appoint, and at 
pleasure remove, such agents or servants as the business or interests 
of the said corporation may in their opinion require. 

?ro*ertv & ^ ^* ^^^ estate, property and funds of the said corporation shall be 

funds. devoted solely to the general purposes and objects specified in the 

first section of this act, and the real estate of this incorporation shall 
be subject to taxation in the same manner as real estate is that is held 
or owned by individuals. 

General § 8. The said corporation shall possess the powers, and be subject 

to the provisions and liabilities of the eighteenth chapter of the first 
part of the Revised Statutes. 

Act to take § 9. This act shall take effect immediately after its passage. 

Eight to re- § 10. This act may at any time hereafter be amended, modified or 
repealed by the Legislature. 

State of New York, 

Secretary's Office. 

I have compared the preceding with an original act of the Legisla- 
ture of this State, on file in this office, and do certify that the same is 
a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original. 

ARCH'D CAMPBELL, 

Dep. Secretary. 
Albany, Ajjril 26ih, 1835. 



PREAMBLE 



We, the undersigned, being desirous of advancing the welfare of 
the community of which we are members, do associate ourselves 
for the purpose of maintaining a Library, a Reading Room, an annual 
Course of Lectures, and other means of promoting moral and intel- 
lectual improvement; and, to effect these ends, do estabhsh the 
t olio wing Constitution : 



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CONSTITUTION 



ADO:PTKr) DECEIMBEI?, IS, 1854. 



SECTION I. 



The name and style of this x4.ssociation shall be "The Troy Article l. 
,, , A ,, Name and 

Young Men s Association. Style. 

^ SECTION n. 

y The officers of the Association shall be a President, three Vice- Article i. 

^ Presidents, a Treasurer, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding 

^ Secretary, and ten Managers, all of whom shall be elected at the Govem- 

^\v annual meeting, by ballot. 

. The members of this Association shall also constitute a Society to Article 2. 

, 5 be called the " Young Men's Debating Society," the officers of Debating 

^ which shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents and a Secretary, 

X to be chosen by ballot, at the annual meeting of the Association. 
^ The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, Managers, Article 3. 

and the four officers of Debating Society (ex-officio) shall constitute 

/ ^ an Executive Committee, who shall legislate for and conduct the Executive 
affairs of the Association. 

SECTION m. 

Any person, between the age of fourteen and forty years, may Article 1. 
become a regular member of the Association on subscribing the Members. 
Constitution and paying to the Treasurer an initiation fee of tfaree 
detiafs and the farther Gum of two do Bf t i s ou t he UrsL Moin fey^f 
De c e mb e r in each yenr fnllnwing, during his m e mbe r sli ip. 

Any person, under the age of fourteen and over that of forty Article 2. 
years, may become an honorary member of the Association on the Age- 
terms enumerated in Article 1st of this Section, and shall differ from 
a regular member only in being inehgible to office. 

Any person may become a life member of the Association on Articles, 
subscribing the Constitution and paying to the Treasurer the sum LifeMem- 
of Fifty dollars, but shall not be eligible to office, if under fourteen, 
or over forty years of age. 



You NO Men's Association. 



Artkiol. 

Annual 
Mooting. 



Article 1. 
Seal. 



Article 1. 



Alterations 



Article 1. 
Operatione. 



SECTION IV. 

The Annual Meeting of the members of the Association shall be 
holdon on the second Tuesday in December, at which time the 
Reports of the Executive Committee and of the Treasurer shall 
be read, the officers for the ensuing year elected, and such other 
business transacted as may be appropriate to the occasion. 

SECTION V. 

The Association shall have a Seal which shall be used as provided 
by Law. 

SECTION VI. 

This Constitution shall not be altered except at the annual meeting 
of the Association, by the consent of a majority of all the members 
present, and no alteration shall at that time be brought forward 
which has not been previously approved of in Executive Committee, 
and of which notice has not been given in some one of the daily 
papers of the city, three months previous to the time of the annual 
meeting. 

SECTION VII. 

This Constitution shall take effect immediately. 



BY-LAWS. 



SECTION I. 

It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of Article i. 

the Association and of the Executive Committee, to decide all points Officers, 

President, 
of order, and, in case of an equal division of the members on any ques- 
tion to give the casting vote. 
It shall be the duty of the Vice-Presidents, according to their order, Article 2. 

to perform the duties of the President in his absence, in case of the Vice-Presi- 

•^ ' dents, 

absence of all the Vice-Presidents, a President, pro tempore^ shall be 

chosen. 

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all dues and dona- Article 3. 
tions in money; to pay all drafts upon him when signed by the Treasurer. 
Recording Secretary and countersigned by the President; and to 
keep a record of the receipts and disbursements of the Association, 
an abstract of which, with the necessary vouchers, he shall exhibit at 
each annual meeting. He shall also require of the Chairman of each 
Sub-Committee, receiving money from him, full and correct vouchers 
for the same, but shall not be allowed to pay any bill for refreshments 
which may be furnished to any Committee or Board of Inspectors, 
nor shall any such bill be allowed, audited or paid by the Association. 
For the faithful discharge of his duties, the Treasurer shall give to 
the President, in trust for the Association, a bond, in such sum, and 
with such sureties, as the Executive Committee shall prescribe ; or 
shall give such other security as may be deemed satisfactory to said 
Committee. 

It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to keep a full and Article 4. 

correct record of the transactions of the Association, and of the Exe- Recording 

' Secretary. 

cutive Committee ; to serve notices of meetings, which duty he may 
perform by the Librarian ; and to notify to Chairmen of Committees 
their appointment and the names of their colleagues. 

It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary, by the advice Article 5. 
and direction of the Executive Committee, to receive and answer all Corres- 
communications addressed to the Association. As Chairman of the Secretary. 
Lecture Committee, he shall make the necessary arrangements for 
procuring the delivery of Lectures before the Association, and on the 

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Young Men's Association 



Article 1. 



Executive 
Committee. 



Times of 
Meeting. 

Vacancies, 
how filled. 

Article 2. 



Sub-com- 
mittees. 



Article 3. 



Article 4. 

Library 
Committee. 



Article 5. 



Article 0. 

Honorary 
Members. 



Article 7. 

Call of 
fipecial 
Meetings. 



expenditniv ol" the I'uiuls furnislied him by the Trcasurei- for this pur- 
pose, shall take receipts? of the Lecturers, whose services he may 
procure. Tlie vouchers thus obtained shall be presented to the 
Executive Committee by the Treasurer, at the close of the fiscal 
year, to aid in the examination of the accounts of the Chairman of 
the Lecture Committee. 

SECTION n. 

The Executive Committee shall meet for the transaction of business 
on the Monday evening next succeeding the annual election, and on 
the last Thursday evening in each month during the year. The hour 
of meeting from April to October, inclusive, shall be 8 o'clock p. m., 
and during the remainder of the year, 7 o'clock p. m. The Executive 
Committee shall have the power to fill all vacancies that may occur 
in their number, and among the oflSicers of the Association. 

At the first meeting of the Executive Committee succeeding the 
annual election, they shall be divided by the President into ten Sub- 
committees, of three members each, on Lectures, Library, News- 
papers and Periodicals, Finance, Accounts, Rooms and Fixtures, 
Renting Lecture Room, Printing, Law, and Debating Society, whiph 
Sub-committees shall have the special charge of the departments 
committed to their care. 

The Chairman of each Sub-committee, on receiving money from 
the Treasurer, shall furnish him with full and correct vouchers for 
the same. 

The Chairman of the Library Committee, whenever he shall make 
his draft upon the Treasurer for funds in the Treasurer's hands, or 
subject to his order, shall be required to furnish the Treasurer with 
an invoice of the books for which the money may have been 
expended. This invoice shall be indorsed correct by the Librarian, 
and at the close of the fiscal year the Treasurer shall present all the 
vouchers which he may have thus obtained to the Executive Com- 
mittee, to enable them to examine the accounts of the Chairman of 
the Library Committee. 

No action shall be taken by the Chairman of any Sub-committee, 
in matters relating to the expenditure of money, unless by the con- 
sent of a majority of his Committee. 

The Executive Committee shall have power to present certificates 
of honorary or life membership to clergymen, and to such other per- 
sons as they may deem worthy. 

The President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, at the 
request in writing of five of the members of the Executive Commit- 
tee, shall call a meeting of that body for the transaction of special 
business. 



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The Executive Committee, at their meetings, shall observe the fol- -^I'^i^le 8. 
lowing rules : 

At the appointed hour, the chair shall be taken by the President. Rulel. 
In case of his absence, and that of the Vice-Presidents, a member of 
the Committee shall be nominated for that purpose. 

The order of business at each regular meeting shall be as follovrs, E^^e 2. 

to wit : gf^F of 

Business. 

1st. — Calling of the Roll; and, if there be a quorum; 

2d. — Reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting, and dispos- 
ing of the same. 

3d. — Reports of Committees. 

4th. — Communications from Officers of the Association. 

5th. — Resolutions and motions. 

6th. — Unfinished business. 

7th. — Receiving excuses and collecting fines. Calling of the Roll. 

Any member who shall be absent at the first roll call shall be fined Rule 3. 
twenty-five cents, and if he shall not be present at the second calling Fines. 
of the roll, nor at any time during the meeting, he shall be fined the 
farther sum of twelve and a half cents, to be paid to the Treasurer ; 
ai^d no excuse shall be allowed, except sickness or absence from the 
city. 

The presiding ofl&cer shall preserve order and decor am, and shall Rule 4. 
decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Committee, 
which appeal shall be decided without debate. 

All questions relating to priority of business shall be decided with- Rule 5. 
out debate. 

Every member in speaking shall rise from his seat and address Eiile6. 
himself to the chair, and no member of the committee shall speak 
more than twice upon the same question, except by unanimous con- 
sent. 

It shall be the duty of all Committees to make their reports in j^^q -^^ 
writing, by the Chairman, and in his absence by one of the Com- 
mittee. 

All resolutions which may be oftered shall be in writing, and no p^^^g g_ 
resolution shall be acted upon until the next meeting after its intro- 
duction, provided one-fourth of the members present are opposed to 
immediate action thereon. 

Members may be allowed to retire by permission of the presiding Rule 9. 
officer. 

The hour of meeting shall be governed by the clock which hangs R^eio. 
in the reading room of the Association, which clock shall be regulated Time, 
by the time kept at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

Eight members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a j^Q^gll 
quorum. Quomm. 



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YouNii MejnV Association 



Article 1. 
Librarian. 



Article 2. 

Hours of 
open^g and 

closing!;. 
Holidavs. 



Article 3. 

Librarian 
to take care 
of Lecture 
Koom, &c. 



SECTION TIT. 

A Librarian, appointed by the Executive Committee, with such 
salary as they may allow, shall be in attendance at the Library and 
Reading Rooms. 

The Library shall be open daily for the delivery and return of 
books, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., and from 7 to 9 p. m., except on Sun- 
day, the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year days. 
The Reading Rooms shall be accessible daily from 7i a. m. to 10 p. m., 
from the first of May to the first of September, and from 8 a. m. to 
10 p. M. during the remainder of the year, except on the days above 
enumerated. 

In addition to the Library and Reading Rooms, the Librarian shall 
take charge of the Lecture Hall and of the Executive Committee 
room, and, under the direction of the Executive Committee, shall 
have the especial care of every thing appertaining to the Association 
Avithin the Athenaeum Building. 



, ,. , , SECTION IV. 

Article 1. 

Lectures. A Course of Lectures shall be delivered before the Association ift 

every year, during the months of December, January, February and 

March. 



Article 1. 

Privileges 
ot'Memb'rs. 



Article 2. 

Lpcture 
Tickets. 



Article 3. 



Article 4. 



Extra 
Lectures. 



Article 5. 



Eenewals. 



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SECTION V. 

A ticket of membership shall give to the holder all the privileges 
of the Library, Reading Rooms and of the Debating Society, and 
shall admit a gentleman and one lady, or two ladies (when unaccom- 
panied by a gentleman) to the Lecture Course. Any regular member, 
when accompanied by more than one lady, shall pay t yjjjjLiL-Gj re ^ 
cents for each additional lady. 

The price of Lecture tickets for admission to the Lecture Course 
only shall be .i^cfoilars, and shall admit one gentleman and one 
lady, or two ladies when unaccompanied by a gentleman. 

The price of admission to single reg^.ar Jectures, to persons not 
members of the Association, shall be LffuTliy/hre cents for each per- 
son. 

The price of adn^ission ta each extiia Lectiire ehali be ^^i^r^ve-- 
cen' s for each person, witAmjt dl^ncUQn^nTmess^tfterVisetJfdered 
by me Exectrtive CoKmiittee. 

Tickets of membership may be issued at any time excepting 
between the hour of 12 m., on the day preceding the annual election 
and the time at which the polls are closed. -jltT-he- fc c for r c n c w alTTrrt 
aoxl-arfter-i hQ fir s t Mond ay ofLAp xil in each j^ e ar, shall b o two drofetrs- 
f or the romaindor - ^f th e y -eftr. ^ P^^^ />^^^>k /yz c^ /-=^^ 



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OF THE City of Teoy. 13 

Any person who shall subscribe fifty dollars or upwards to the Article 6. 
funds of the Association, payable in five or less than five successive 
annual installments, shall, upon the payment of each annual install- 
ment thereon, receive a ticket of regular membership ; and on the Life Mem- 
payment of the whole amount shall be presented with a ticket of life 
membership. 

All money arising from subscriptions to the Life Membership Article?. 
Library Fund shall be devoted exclusively to the purchase of books, Life 
and may be expended during the year in which it may be collected, ship Fund. 
The money thus collected shall be designated as the "Life Member- 
ship Library Fund." 

The interest becoming due on the Life Membership Fund shall be Article s. 

credited to the Library account, and shall be expended for books and 

for no other purpose. 

SECTION VI. 

Three Registers shall be elected at each Annual Election in Decern- Article l. 
ber, as follows : The names of two candidates for such ofiice may be Board of 
placed upon each ballot; but no ballot shall contain the names of, 
and no person shall vote for, more than two persons for such office. 

The three persons or candidates receiving the greatest number of 
votes for such office shall be deemed and declared elected. The 
Registers so elected, together with the Treasurer and Librarian, shall 
constitute a Board of Registry, and whose duty it shall be to receive 
the list of members at 12 o'clock m. of the day preceding the day of 
the Annual Election, and to properly record the same in a book pro- 
vided for such purpose. The Treasurer shall be Chairman of the 
Board. At 12 m. of the day preceding the Annual Election, said Board 
shall meet in the Library and appoint a Recorder from their own 
number whose duty it shall be to take charge of said Book of Regis- 
try, and to produce the same at the opening of the polls, and to take 
charge of same at said Annual Election. The Chairman of said 
Board shall, on receiving the fist of members on said day, immediately 
proceed to count the number of members in the presence of said 
Board, or so many thereof as may be present, and immediately there- 
after make out, sign and file with the hbrarian a report stating the 
number of members, including life members (living), the names of 
the members of said Board present, and the name of the person 
appointed Recorder. The Registers so elected shall not be mem- 
bers of the Executive Committee; said Registers shall also act as 
Inspectors of Election with the Inspectors appointed as provided in 
Regulation 1st of section 6 of By-laws. 

The annual meeting shall begin at 9 a. m., on the day appointed; ^*^^^®i^' 
and on the same day shall be held the annual election of officers, Meeting, 
under the following regulations : 



14 Young Men's Association 

Roj;. 1. Iifijuhtion 1. Tlie Executive Committoo, at their meeting in Noveni- 

Insnectors her, shall appoint lour Inspectors, one to each ballot box, desic^natine: 
of Election. , . ,^, . , , . , „ , . 

their Chan-man, ^vho8e duty it shall be to receive and regularly 

deposit the ballots for the respective onicers. And at the annual 

meeting of the Association, previous to the opening of the polls, the 

associated members shall appoint, by nomination or otherAvise, eight 

assistant Inspectors. 

Reg. 2. ncfjuhliou 2. The Board thus constituted shall appoint a Secretary 

Secretary. [^ addition to their number. 

Reg. 3. Regulation 3. Four boxes shall be provided to receive the ballots, as 

Ballot follows: The first box for President, 1st, 2d and 3d Vice-Presidents; 

Boxes. ' ' ' 

the second box for Treasurer, Recording and Corresponding Secreta- 
ries; the third box for Managers, and the fourth box for officers of 
the Debating Society and Eegisters. 
Keg. 4. Regulation 4. Previous to the receiving of ballots, the Chairman of 

In'^ifec^tors *^^ Board of Inspectors shall assign each of the four iDallot boxes to 
and Assist- one Inspector and Assistant, whose duty it shall be to guard against 
any impropriety in the ballots, and in the manner of depositing them. 

Eeg. 5. Requlation 5. The polls shall be opened at 11 a. m., and shall close 

Time of ^ "^ ^ ^ ' 

voting. at < P. M. 

Reg. 6. Regulation Q). When the time for receiving the ballots shall have 

expired, the Inspectors shall proceed, in the absence of all spectators 

Canvass of fj-om the room, to canvass the votes ; and all differences in the count- 
votes. 



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ing of the votes, and all disputes which may arise, shall be settled 
before the ballots pass from the special care of said inspectors. 

Reg. 7. Regulation 7. The result of the canvass of each box shall be made 

Result known to the Chairman without having been communicated to the 

declared to , ^ . , _, ^ , 

Chairman, other members ot the Board, or to any person or persons who are not 

members of the Board. 

Reg. 8. Regulation 8. When the result of the canvass of each box shall have 

been communicated to the Chairman, he shall declare the entire result 

Objections to the Board, and any objection shall be then and there formally made 

and settled, and settled. AU questions requiring the decision of the Board of 

Inspectors shaU be determined by a majority of votes, and in case of 

a tie, the Chairman shall give the casting vote. 

Reg. 9. Regulation 9. The Chairman shall cause the report to be made out 

Report to by the Secretary, and having signed it, the signature of the Secretary 

being also affixed to it, it shall be laid before the Association at an 

adjourned meeting, to be held at 7i o'clock p. m., on the day following 

the election. 



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Regulation 10. X o appeal by any member of the Association shall B^. 10. 

be in order which is not formally made when the report is declared : Appeal. 

,,-,,-..- ^ ' howsettl'd. 

ana should there be a tie m the case of any two candidates for the 

same office, an election for such officer shall be held under the inspec- 
tion of the same Board, on the Thursday next following the day of 
election. 

Begulation 11. Should any of the Inspectors dechne serving or be E^. li. 
absent^ the remaining Inspectors shall have p«wer to supply the Vacancies, 
vacancy thus made. 

SEcnox ^T[. 

On the Wednesday following the day of election, a meeting of the Article l. 
Aj^ociation shall be held at seven and a half o'clock, p. m., iu the Lee- Public 
ture Hall, on which occasion the President elect shall be inaugurated. ^^^™S- 

The following order shall be observed in the exeriises of the laaugora- 

° tiOE. 

meeting: 

1st. — The chair having been taken by the retiring President, the 
Secretary of the Board of Inspectors shall read the detailed results 
of the election. 

2d. — A. Committee shall then be appointed to invite the attendance 
of the President elect 

3d. — ^Addresses from the retiring President, and the President elect 
shall be next in order. 

4th. — ^Adiiresses from other Officers retiring and elect. 

5th. — Miscellaneous business. 

SEcnox vm. 

The officers thus declared legally elected at sail Jtaug-iraiion meet- Article 1. 

ing shall enter upon their respective duties immediately, with, the When 

exception of the Corresponding Secretary, who shall enter upon his coinrience 
duties on the frrst 3Ionday in April next succeeding his election. 

SECTION IX. 

The seal of the Association, which shall be the one already in use, Article i. 
shall be lodged with the Treasurer, and shall be used on certificates seal, how 
of Life membership, legal papers, and such other documents as the ^ 
Executive Committee may direct. 

SECTION X. 

These By-Laws may be altered or amended at any regular meeting Article i. 
of the Executive Conunittee by a two-third vote of the whole Com- Amend- 

Notice of such alteration or amendment shall be given at least four ^' ^^'^^^^ 
weeks previous to the time of action thereon. 



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Resolution. 

BesoJvcd, That it shall be the duty of the President, Corresponding 
Secretary and Treasurer of this Association to see that proper notices 
for the purposes of calling the members together to nominate a 
Regular Ticket, be inserted in the daily papers of the city at least 
two weeks previous to each annual election, and, further, that it shall 
be the duty of the President to provide a suitable place for holding 
such caucus. 

Adopted. Dec. 10, 1864. 



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